Engineering Manager Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
October 1, 2021
Neutral ExperienceGot Offer
Process
I interviewed some time back in 2021 when they were hiring a lot and accepted the offer.
Overall, the interview process was interesting, with some management and technical assessments.
They included a role-play interview involving real-life situations with engineers. As an EM candidate, I was supposed to handle the given situation.
Questions
Under NDA and cannot disclose the exact details.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 11 interview experiences for the Stripe Engineering Manager role in San Francisco, California.
Success Rate
36%
Pass Rate
Stripe's interview process for their Engineering Manager roles in San Francisco, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive55%
Neutral9%
Negative36%
Candidates reported having good feelings for Stripe's Engineering Manager interview process in San Francisco, California.
Stripe Work Experiences
2.0
Highly dependent on senior leadership
Engineering Manager • Former Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
January 14, 2023
Pros: Smart, friendly people who are ambitious.
Cons: Leadership is at times short-sighted and often causes thrash by deciding to invest in long-term (9-12mo) projects one quarter, and then pulling resources from it the next quarter.
4.0
Really good at some things, not so good at others
Engineering Manager • Former Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
March 4, 2022
Pros: Very good engineers to work with. The company leadership was outstanding and really cared about both the customers and the employees.
Cons: Middle management was hit or miss. Some of them moved to positions of authority before they knew what they were doing. These were basically growing pains of a hyper-growth startup.
4.0
Experience will be based on the team you join
Engineering Manager • Former Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
January 17, 2025
Pros: Clear vision of product.
Most people have a favorable opinion of the CEO.
Great benefits.
SF office is very nice.
One of the best companies if you value developer (customer) experience.
Cons: As the product has grown, there have been technical architecture challenges. Depending on your role, these can be a great challenge or frustrating.
There is some conflict between work styles, where different tools and processes are used from one team to the next.
- 2.0Highly dependent on senior leadershipEngineering Manager • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesJanuary 14, 2023Pros: Smart, friendly people who are ambitious.Cons: Leadership is at times short-sighted and often causes thrash by deciding to invest in long-term (9-12mo) projects one quarter, and then pulling resources from it the next quarter.
- 4.0Really good at some things, not so good at othersEngineering Manager • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesMarch 4, 2022Pros: Very good engineers to work with. The company leadership was outstanding and really cared about both the customers and the employees.Cons: Middle management was hit or miss. Some of them moved to positions of authority before they knew what they were doing. These were basically growing pains of a hyper-growth startup.
- 4.0Experience will be based on the team you joinEngineering Manager • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesJanuary 17, 2025Pros: Clear vision of product. Most people have a favorable opinion of the CEO. Great benefits. SF office is very nice. One of the best companies if you value developer (customer) experience.Cons: As the product has grown, there have been technical architecture challenges. Depending on your role, these can be a great challenge or frustrating. There is some conflict between work styles, where different tools and processes are used from one team to the next.
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